Means for supporting door-hanger tracks.



PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6, 1908.

linens we snrronrrne Specification of Letters Patent.

. d: H. COMPANfY, OF CHICAGO DOB-KAN GER TR iGKS.

Patented tre 2e, ioos= Application filed March 6, 1908. Serial No.(19,469,

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES M. l-loPKINs, a citizen ofthe United States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means forSupporting Door-Hanger. Tracks, oi which I do declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccomo erlying drawing, forming part of this speci- '1c9ltion.

The present invention has for its object to provide improved meansior-niovably sup.- porting the doors of railway cars, and the inventionconsists in the features of novelty hereinafter described, illustratedin the accompanying drawing and particularly defined in the claims atthe end of this specification. Figure 1 is a view in vertical sectionthrough aportion of a railway freight car embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing a slightly Inodified form of theinvention. Fig. 3 is of view similar to Fig. 1, but showing a furtherinodifled embodiment of the invention. Fig. 4 is a front view upon areduced scale of the upper portion of a car having my invention appliedthereto. As shown, my invention is embodiedv in what is known'as an allmetal car, but it will be manifest that it is-applicnble also to railwaycars of the ordinary ty )e. 7.designates the rail (preferl ')l v a.channel bar) extending from end to end of the car heneath the coves ofthe roof Below the rail 7 is formcd the usual doorway, in front of whichwill. slide the door 9 which, as show 11, is formed of plate nictnl. Tothe upper portion of the door 9 are secured, us at), the hangers ll. Asshown in Fig. 1, each of the hangers ll is provided at its up )cr endwith "a hood 12 within which is journalcd u bearing roller 13, thishearing roller being mounted upon a spindle 14. that projects inwardlyfrom the hood 12. Each of the hearing rollers 13 rests upon a track 15formed of metal and, as shown in Fig. 1, this track has a dependingflange l6 inside of which extends the upwardly projecting lug 18 that isformed upon the hanger H. v This lug 18 serves to guard against theaccidental passage of the roller 13 from the track The track 15 will.extend above the door- Way of the our and integral with this truck 15 isformed a part 2!) that oflords meanswhereby the truck will be securedtothe body of thecar. Preferably, and as SliOWll in. the several views ofthe drawing, the top of the suspension part 20 of the track has formedso integral therewith inwardly and downwordlbent flenges 2i and 22 thatinterlock/wit the plate 7 of the body.

By providing the track 15= with integral nieens whereby it may beconnectedwitli 5 and sustained from t is body of the oergthe necessityof employing separate brackets for supporting the track 15 avoided;trodes these several parts are rolled from 8. single plate of metal,they can be very cheaply and 7o conveniently made and will aiiord astrong and durable construction, Moreover, by forming the/part 20 at itstop with means whereby it may interlock with or hook on to a part of thecar body, a sim lo and efiicient means is provided wherebytne rock canbe quickly placed in position and can be securely and rigidlyretcined.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 2, the plate 7 of thecar body has interlocked therewith the flanges 21 end 22 of the tracksuspension part 20, but in this embodi nent of the invention the track15 is formed, by an upwardly bent i'lnnge integral with the part 20.Upon this track 15 will rest each of the grooved hearing rollers 13 thatsustlllll the car-door h. Each of the rollers 13 is journalcd at theupper end. of a hanger 11' that is secured, as at 10, to the car. door9.

in the form or the invention shown in Fig. 3, the plate 7 u that extendsabove the doorway of the car consist s of a flat metal plate with theupper edge of which interlock the hinges 21 and 22. of the tracksuspension member 20. in. this form of the invention the track 15* isformed integral with. the bottom oi the suspension member 20 and uponthis track rests each of the bearing rollers 13*. Each bearing roller 13is journaledzat the upper end of the hanger ii that is-secured as at 10to the car door 9. In this last described form of the invention a shortan le bar 25 is fastened to undprojects inwar ly from the upper portionof the car doorQ, the

upper port of this angle bar engaging with the lower portion of theplate '7? and serving to hold the car door against displacement.

in the vcrol l'ornlsol thcinvcntionabove dcscribed,- the track hasformed integral therewith a; suspension nicnibcr whereby it is l loconnected to the body of the ear and integral With the top of thissuspension member are also prefere biy formed flanges e'de ted tointerlock with a portion of the ear ody; and with any of the severalforms of the invention the necessity for employing se arate brackets isavoided and a strong, durab e and efiicient means is provided forconnecting the door track with the body of the car.

' It is manifest that the precise details of. construction above set outmay be varied Without departing from the scope of the invention. 4 l

Having thus described'nly invention, What I claim as new", and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is Y 1[ The eonibinetioniwith & car body, ofa. track'extending above the doorway and having an integral, ngwerdlyextending pert constructed to interlock with a part of the oer body.

2. The combination with a car body, of a track extending above thedoorway and heying an integral, upwardly extending suspensien memberhevlng e hook-shaped part at 4. The CODlbll'lSttlOn with a car body0on1; PI1S1Dg'lI1 its construct on a plate extending above the doorwayof the car, of a track suspension member extendin over the doorwayand-having formed in tegrzil with its lower end a track and with tsupper end a flawed portion adapted to interlock with seid 'plate.

JAMES; .M. HOPKINS.

Witnesses i GEO. P. F snien, J12, KATHARINE GERLACH.

